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Historic province of the Kingdom of France
The County of Artois (French: comté d'Artois, Dutch: graafschap Artesië; Picard: Comté d'Artoé) was a historic province of the Kingdom of France, held by the Dukes of Burgundy from 1384 until 1477/82, and a state of the Holy Roman Empire from 1493 until 1659.
Present-day Artois lies in northern France, near the border with Belgium. Its territory has an area of around 4000 km2 and a population of about one million. Its principal cities include Arras (Dutch: Atrecht), Calais (Dutch: Kales), Boulogne-sur-Mer (Dutch: Bonen), Saint-Omer (West Flemish: Sint-Omaars, Lens and Béthune.
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It forms the interior of the French département of Pas-de-Calais.
In northern Gaul the Belgic tribe of the Atrebates lived in the future area of Artois, the name of which (Latin: Atrebatia) reflects theirs.
A Carolingian feudal county in its own right from the late-8th century, Artois was annexed by the County of Fla